QCon is an amazing conference. Maybe 300+ attendees and about 100+ speakers. It is targeted at enterprise developers, and is not for the 'next, next, finish' developer. There feels a definite lack of .Net here at the conference (I mean other than the specific .Net track) but there is a good Java, Python, Ruby, etc. feel which makes me not feel too out of the loop. If you have not heard of QCon before, I encourage you too look at it as a possible conference to attend next year. I have had the pleasure ......